World AIDS Day 2009: Live Your Rights

November 24, 2009

World

AIDS Day 2009: Live your Rights

Around the world, from Belmopan, Belize to Marrakech, Morocco,

campaigners are busy planning events to commemorate World AIDS Day. There is

still much to be done to raise awareness about AIDS and encourage others to

Live their Rights.

Below are some things you can do to get involved this World AIDS Day:

* Click here

to download World AIDS Day materials for 2009: " I am living my

rights " . Posters and postcards are available to download in 15

languages.

* Share your World AIDS Day plans with the world!

Enter your World AIDS Day event on our INTERNATIONAL WORLD AIDS DAY CALENDAR

* View some of the campaign tools available on our

website for your events and activities.

* Read more about the theme of universal access and

human rights

Please share with us your world AIDS Day plans!!! If you have questions, or

materials to share, please email us at info@...

Why is the theme of universal access and human rights important?

Underscoring the importance of human rights in the response to AIDS, UN

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently reported to the UN General Assembly

that reduced access to essential HIV services and commodities were occurring

in many countries as a result of laws and policies that were inconsistent

with their commitments to human rights.

He stressed that where human rights were promoted to protect people living

with HIV and members of vulnerable groups, there were fewer infections, less

demand for antiretroviral treatment and fewer deaths.

2010 will be a milestone for the Millennium Development Goals - encouraging a

high level review of what has, and has not, been accomplished in the aim to

achieve access for all to essential care by 2010.

The world¢s current economic woes are

forcing governments to make some painful decisions. World AIDS Day is an

important opportunity to emphasise the critical need for universal access to

essential care.

Our message is that access for all to prevention, treatment, care and support

is a fundamental human right that is impossible to decouple from the

discussion of how we tackle HIV and AIDS now and in the future.

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